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Problem
Reduced stock of low-income housing
Other Names:
Lack of cheap accommodation
Incidence:
Many homeless are the victims of reduced stocks of low-income housing. For example, single-room occupancy hotel units were reduced from 127,000 to 14,000 in New York City between 1970 and 1983.
Broader Problems:
Housing shortage
High cost of housing
Socially sterile rental accommodation
Related Problems:
Unethical practices of landlords
Substandard housing and accommodation
Discouragement of permanent residency
Aggravates:
Vagrancy
Urban slums
Homelessness
Gypsy persecution
Underprivileged minorities
Illegal occupation of unoccupied property
Strategies:
Developing housing policy
Improving access to shelter for poor
Providing cheap accommodation
Providing cheap accommodation
Values:
Cheapness
Cheapness
Lack
Lowness
Reduction
References:
Papal Encyclical: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: On Social Concerns
Subject(s):
Social Activity
→
Income
Amenities
→
Housing, tenants
Commerce
→
Merchandise
Societal Problems
→
Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
19.12.1999 – 00:00 CET